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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154619303321

Autore

Wyatt N (Nick)

Titolo

'There's such divinity doth hedge a king' : selected essays of Nicolas Wyatt on royal ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament literature / / Nicolas Wyatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-23627-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages)

Collana

Society for Old Testament Study

Disciplina

221.95

Soggetti

Kings and rulers - Biblical teaching

Ugaritic literature - Relation to the Old Testament

Kings and rulers - Religious aspects - History of doctrines

Middle East Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. 'Araunah the Jebusite' and the throne of David -- 2. 'Jedidiah' and cognate forms as a title of royal legitimization -- 3. Cain's wife -- 4. The hollow crown : ambivalent elements in West Semitic royal ideology -- 5. Echoes of the king and his ka : an ideological motif in the story of Solomon's birth -- 6. When Adam delved : the meaning of Genesis 3:23 -- 7. 'Supposing him to be the gardener' (John 20:15) : a study of the paradise motif in John -- 8. The meaning of el roi and the mythological dimension of Genesis 16 -- 9. The theogony motif in Ugarit and the Bible -- 10. The liturgical context of Psalm 19 and its mythical and ritual origins -- 11. Ilimilku's ideological programme : Ugaritic royal propaganda, and a Biblical postscript -- 12. Arms and the king : the earliest allusions to the Chaoskampf motif and their implications for the interpretation of the Ugaritic and Biblical traditions -- 13. Degrees of divinity : some mythical and ritual aspects of West Semitic kingship -- 14. Ilimilku the theologian : the ideological roles of Athtar and Baal in KTU 1.1 and 1.6 -- 15. Marriage, mayhem and murder : an everyday story of royal folk.